Nasa Clipper Depth Question

[apollo]

Have just fitted a Nasa Clipper Depth Sounder, the unit comes up with "OUT".

I am not sure whether this is as obvious as it sounds ie it because its "out" of the water (which it is!) or because there is something wrong with the transducer connection?

The manual is unclear and says check the transducer.

Does anyone know?



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[hlb]

In any event, it wont work out of the water and you wont know till it is in the water.

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Haydn

 

[poter]

What you can do as a test is get a great glob (technical term) of vaseline and place your transducer on it, in the place you think you will finally locate it...presumably in the bilge somewhere. & go for a trial run it should work ok.
when you are satisfied then you can epoxy in permanantly.

poter.


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[Dipper]

Yes! It's that obvious.

It will read 'OUT' until you launch the boat.

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[MickJ]

How did you fit it? I used to have a 'factory fitted' Clipper transducer on a new Shetland boat, that read "out" most of the time whilst in the water cos it was poorly fitted (just a blob of Vaseline in a tube). I bought a NASA oil both fitting and it worked perfectly from then on. Also be careful of where it is fitted cos it wont read through a cored hull (they also fitted it in the wrong place incidentally...).

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